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How to Draw a Palm Leaf
Draw a palm leaf in 10 easy steps, about 8 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the stalk.
Step 1: The stalk
From a rounded end low on the left, draw a stalk curving up and thinning to a point top right.
Tip A palm leaf is like a big feather: one stalk with long thin leaflets.
Step 2: The first leaflets
A little way up the stalk, draw a long thin leaflet on each side, curving over at its pointed end.
Step 3: 2 more pairs
Just above them, draw 2 more pairs of long curved leaflets, close together and bending the same way.
Step 4: Middle pairs
Keep going up the stalk with 2 more pairs, each one a little shorter.
Step 5: Pairs up the stalk
Draw 2 more pairs, shorter again, with the same small gap between each.
Step 6: Shorter pairs
Add 2 more pairs of shorter leaflets, still close together.
Step 7: Pairs to the tip
Draw the last 3 pairs of short leaflets near the tip, still evenly spaced.
Step 8: The tip
On the very tip of the stalk draw one last short leaflet pointing the same way as the stalk.
Step 9: Green leaflets
Go over your lines, then colour all the leaflets leaf green.
Step 10: Dark green stalk
Colour the stalk dark green. Your palm leaf is done!
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a palm leaf, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
